This Tuesday marked the 159th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox — the beginning…
Americans have a longstanding love affair with their pets. Polls by Gallup and Pew Research consistently show that a majority…
WASHINGTON — With all the talk about the discovery of mass burial graves in faraway Ukraine, there is little thought…
History is a bit like Otto von Bismarck’s famous line about sausages and laws, which, he said, no one should…
As the saying goes, “Be careful what you wish for.” For the past several weeks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and…
One of Winston’s Churchill’s duties as First Lord of the Admiralty was to submit names for new navy ships to…
Reading today’s national media is like staring down a bottomless pit. Le vertige des grandes profondeurs, the French call is….
The fevered frenzy against public monuments has caused varied reactions. Among scholars, the main symptom is seemingly contagious dispassion. When…
Yesterday here at The American Spectator, the estimable Doug Bandow posted a very well-reasoned column containing possibly the best argument…
